2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

These are the official results of the Men's Discus Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 26 participating athletes, with the final held on Wednesday 8 August 2001. The qualification mark was set at 65.50 metres.

Medalists

Gold Lars Riedel
Germany (GER)
Silver Virgilijus Alekna
Lithuania (LTU)
Bronze Michael Möllenbeck
Germany (GER)

Schedule

Qualification Round
Group A Group B
06.08.2001 09:00h 06.08.2001 10:45h
Final Round
08.08.2001 20:00h

Abbreviations

  • All results shown are in metres
Qautomatic qualification
qqualification by rank
DNSdid not start
NMno mark
WRworld record
ARarea record
NRnational record
PBpersonal best
SBseason best

Records

Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
World Record Jürgen Schult (GDR)74.08 m June 6, 1986 Neubrandenburg, East Germany
Event Record Anthony Washington (USA)69.08 m August 24, 1999 Seville, Spain
Season Best Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)70.99 m March 30, 2001 Stellenbosch, South Africa

Startlist

Order Athlete Season Best Personal Best
GROUP A
1945 Frantz Kruger (RSA)69.9669.96
2484 Michael Möllenbeck (GER)67.1767.44
3863 Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR)62.4163.64
4745 Romas Ubartas (LTU)65.2570.06
51142 Andy Bloom (USA)66.1768.46
6186 Jason Tunks (CAN)67.7067.88
7541 Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)66.9366.93
81164 John Godina (USA)67.6669.91
925 Marcelo Pugliese (ARG)62.9164.20
10444 Robert Weir (GBR)63.0365.08
1189 Jo Van Daele (BEL)64.2464.24
12363 Timo Tompuri (FIN)69.6269.62
13109 Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)66.0067.59
GROUP B
1486 Lars Riedel (GER)68.2671.50
21017 Igor Primc (SLO)62.7464.79
3990 Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)66.4867.30
4743 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)70.9973.88
5538 Róbert Fazekas (HUN)68.0968.09
6925 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)62.7762.77
71201 Adam Setliff (USA)66.8568.51
8933 Ionel Oprea (ROM)63.6463.64
9329 Aleksander Tammert (EST)67.1067.41
10544 Roland Varga (HUN)64.4465.39
11106 Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)64.4169.28
12314 Mario Pestano (ESP)67.9267.92
13481 Michael Lischka (GER)65.0465.04

Qualification

Group A

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
12 Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)65.7165.71 m
24 Frantz Kruger (RSA)63.9164.7964.5964.79 m
36 Jason Tunks (CAN)X64.3463.1464.34 m
48 Timo Tompuri (FIN)61.3358.7063.3463.34 m
510 Michael Möllenbeck (GER)X61.1362.5462.54 m
612 Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR)60.8661.8558.3861.85 m
714 Romas Ubartas (LTU)58.4461.49X61.49 m
815 Robert Weir (GBR)61.05XX61.05 m
917 Jo Van Daele (BEL)57.92X60.1960.19 m
1020 Zoltán Kővágó (HUN)48.26X58.4258.42 m
1121 John Godina (USA)X57.19X57.19 m
1223 Andy Bloom (USA)56.32XX56.32 m
1325 Marcelo Pugliese (ARG)X54.0652.7554.06 m

Group B

Rank Overall Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3
11 Lars Riedel (GER)68.2668.26 mSB
23 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)65.2265.22 m
35 Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)64.5564.55 m
47 Roland Varga (HUN)63.5261.4863.4963.52 m
59 Igor Primc (SLO)X62.6056.5762.60 m
611 Adam Setliff (USA)62.25X58.1662.25 m
713 Vladimir Dubrovshchik (BLR)61.73X59.4261.73 m
816 Aleksander Tammert (EST)60.87X61.0461.04 m
918 Ionel Oprea (ROM)60.1858.5760.1660.18 m
1019 Michael Lischka (GER)58.3659.9457.1659.94 m
1122 Mario Pestano (ESP)55.99X56.5856.58 m
1224 Rashid Shafi Al-Dosari (QAT)XX54.4854.48 m
1326 Róbert Fazekas (HUN)XX53.7353.73 m

Final

Rank Athlete Attempts Distance Note
1 2 3 4 5 6
 Lars Riedel (GER)65.4167.1066.7469.5069.7268.3669.72 mCR
 Virgilijus Alekna (LTU)67.65X69.40X67.28X69.40 m
 Michael Möllenbeck (GER)67.61X65.7666.6065.3064.4867.61 mPB
4 Dmitriy Shevchenko (RUS)63.21X66.6867.1667.5765.9567.57 mPB
5 Adam Setliff (USA)66.5566.49XXXX66.55 m
6 Vasiliy Kaptyukh (BLR)62.8865.9862.9366.0866.2565.0866.25 mSB
7 Roland Varga (HUN)X58.6665.8662.3764.80X65.86 mPB
8 Frantz Kruger (RSA)63.6164.89X65.2762.24X65.27 m
9 Jason Tunks (CAN)63.79XX63.79 m
10 Timo Tompuri (FIN)62.8259.42X62.82 m
11 Igor Primc (SLO)62.36X62.2662.36 m
12 Einar Kristian Tveitå (NOR)X58.6059.1159.11 m

See also

References

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